A woman spinning wool with a great wheel or "walking wheel" in front of a wooden house with a large stone chimney in Harlan County, Kentucky. A young woman with a baby on her lap sits in a chair next to the spinning wheel. A man sits on the front...

A young woman stands on a porch spinning yarn on her spinning wheel. A large bag of wool hangs on the wall of the cabin. Handwritten on bottom border: 443. See ULPA 1982.01.488.p and ULPA 1982.01.424.p. for other images of this woman. Title...

An interior view of a building at Shakertown in Pleasant Hill, Ky. Two staircases run parallel along two walls within the foyer of the building. A spinning wheel is visible in background near two doorways. Arched entries lead to rooms off of the...

A woman sits in front of a house in Harlan County, Kentucky, spinning flax with a flax wheel. Behind her is a large stone chimney. A man and a boy sit on the front porch, and a young boy sits in a chair in the front of the house.

Cynthia "Grandma" Rice sits outdoors, with a split-rail fence, hills, and trees visible in the background. She is wearing a long dress and shawl, and has positioned a basket at her feet; a spinning wheel in front of her; and a mountain dulcimer,...

The interior of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. This room, with brick walls, includes a fireplace, spinning wheel, and assorted mementos. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor...

Mary Baker stands at her spinning wheel on the porch of her cabin. Mary, the daughter of Bill "Oak" Baker, had her own sheep and made the wool into clothes "all her self." (Kelly Morgan, "History of Clay County, Kentucky 1776-1976," p. 131.)

A spinning wheel sits in front of a window inside the Hegan family log cabin. The cabin, located near Jacob's Park south of Louisville, Kentucky, was owned by Samuel W. Hegan, father of Alice Caldwell Hegan, who wrote "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage...

This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the...

Dramatically curved wooden staircase rises from a highly polished parquet floor in a home in Indian Hills (near Louisville), Ky. The ceiling above the staircase curves around, continuing the line of the stairs. The steps and risers of the stairs...

Spinning wheels in the Filson Club museum, Louisville, Kentucky. Two round wheels, a pentagonal wheel, and a hexagonal wheel are shown. The Filson Historical Society was located at 118 West Breckinridge Street before moving to its current location...

Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...

Six men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them, and another...

Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...